Improvement in rein-holders



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHANIEL o. MILLER AND FREDERICK A. NoRToN, 0 STROUDSBURG, PA.

IMPROVEMENT IN RElN-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,274, dated January18, 1876; application filed July 16, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, NATHANIEL 0. MIL- LER and FREDERICK A. NORTON, ofStroudsburg, in the county of Monroe and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented an Instrument for Holding Reins to be attached to a vehicle;and we do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 is a side view of the holder. 2 is a top view of same.

Similar letters indicate similar parts.

A is an arm attached to the holder, which,

Fig.

with the separate arm G, serves to fasten the holder to the dash F bymeans of the thumbscrew H. D is a center-piece, upon which is laid aspringy material, B, which is held down by the plate 0, and whichpresses the reins against the side pieces E, thusholding them. What weclaim as our invention is The arms A and G and thumb-screw, H, inconnection with the center pieceD, spring B, and plate G, substantiallyas shown.

NATHANIEL 0. MILLER. FREDERICK A. NORTON. Witnesses:

PHILIP MILLER, IsAIAH SLUTTER.

